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search arcs
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:44 am
by sven6345789
Hi,
starting a new round playing this game after a while away on the eastern front.
Question: search arcs were broken a while back. playing under 1.0.4.1106i, the last official patch dating from october last year. Are the search arcs working us designed in that version (1.0.4.1106i)?
RE: search arcs
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:32 am
by PaxMondo
No, pretty sure they are still broken. Fixed in the beta though for sure.
RE: search arcs
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:13 pm
by awadley
Look for latest Official Patch. In the member download section dated in Dec 2011. It has almost 500+ updates.
RE: search arcs
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:59 pm
by bradfordkay
That is listed as a "pubic beta", not an official patch.
RE: search arcs
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 3:10 pm
by koniu
ORIGINAL: bradfordkay
That is listed as a "pubic beta", not an official patch.
It is "official beta" but this patch is more stable than official 1106i.
He fix so many things and give so many enhancements that you need to have it.
RE: search arcs
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:01 pm
by freeboy
ok.. how where they broken?
sorry to be slow???????[X(][&o]
RE: search arcs
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:07 am
by freeboy
anyone?
RE: search arcs
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:14 am
by Dan Nichols
I think they operated backwards from what you set.
RE: search arcs
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:30 am
by CaptBeefheart
What is this "pubic beta" of which you people speak. Sounds kinky.
Freeboy: People had more luck setting the arcs to random before. The beta is the bee's knees. It has vast numbers of enhancements. Hell, just the ability to harvest trained pilots in groups of ten is worth it.
Cheers,
CC
RE: search arcs
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:01 pm
by mikkey
ORIGINAL: freeboy
ok.. how where they broken?
sorry to be slow???????[X(][&o]
some useful details are available in this thread
Search arc statistical test
RE: search arcs
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:30 pm
by pharmy
bug fixes
69) Fixed search arcs being generated in reverse sequence.
70) Added direction switch on the search arcs.
71) Tweaked display of search arcs to emulate above changes - sectors sharing AM/PM search show as Black (Naval) or White (ASW).
So should not be a problem...
tm.asp?m=2986235
from public beta thread
RE: search arcs
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:31 pm
by Sardaukar
How about just updating to latest beta?
There is really no reason why not.
RE: search arcs
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:09 am
by Knyvet
that is an oxymoron
it is a "beta" - there is a reason why they decided not to issue it as a final patch and because it is still in beta is a reason not to update.
RE: search arcs
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:59 am
by Reg
I'm afraid I don't follow that logic. Beta in this case does not mean untested!!
This latest beta is a result of the spiral software development model where changes are introduced, released, tested and then the next version rapidly generated based on feedback from the previous iteration.
The current beta is stable and fully tested with all known bugs fixed. If a bug turns up it will be reported on the forums for the information of everyone and a fix released with the next iteration (usually within a week or two). This is in stark contrast to the waterfall model where the last official release contains a multitude of known bugs that are waiting for a fix in the next release which may be months away (and will probably contain additional bugs that will have to wait for fixes in the following release - months later again).
The only drawback to a spiral model is that the current beta will not be the last version which makes it a bit of work keeping up. However, if you don't need the latest version or you are running a PBEM where you need to stay synchronised with your opponent, then just don't download the latest beta. Pick a beta version you like and stick to it. Any recent beta version will be more stable, have less bugs and more features than the last official V1106i.
Once they declare the freeze for an official release all development will stop so everyone is keen to stay beta and for MichaelM to continue applying fixes and improvements for as long as possible.
RE: search arcs
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:00 am
by LoBaron
Knyvet, not upgrading to the latest beta is missing a whole lot of great
new features and bugfixes, really, give it a try. Its worth it.
We waited very long to upgrade our PBEM, and with hindsight I admit we should have
done this step much earlier. I am not even a quarter through all the great improvements
implemented since 1106i.
The reason its remains beta is that Michael is thankfully implementing small
packages of fixes and improvements as he finds and developes them on the run,
and some experienced players support him continousely at testing.
The turnaround schedule is so fast that it doesn´t make much sense to deliberately label one of the versions
"official patch", theres no factual argument to support the decision which of the betas should
be chosen for this.